Unmasking the Heiress by Sisi Yea

Chapter 612

"You know I'm your best friend, and now I've gone and fallen for..."

Roslyn trailed off, too shy to finish, but she was sure Evangeline would get it.

"What's so bad about having a crush? And honestly, I've always thought you're too awesome to just hand off to anyone. If it's Uncle Yale... I guess that's not too bad."

Yale was all about his job, and she could not even begin to imagine what a relationship with him would look like.

"You really think that?"

A glimmer of hope shone in Roslyn's eyes, but it was quickly clouded by sadness. Yale had turned her down before, saying the age difference and Evangeline being in the mix was too much. How could they ever work? However, Evie seemed to be saying she was fine with them as a couple. So, Yale's reasons were just excuses to push her away.

"Evie, don't stress about me and Yale. You've got your own thing-taking care of the new Foster family addition!"

Roslyn tried to sound nonchalant. "As for us... we'll just see where things go."

Roslyn had let go of the fairy-tale future she had once

journey ahead, she could walk it with him in her heart. That would not have been so bad, would it?

spirit could not handle the torture of a crush that was all shades of confusion. A confession was

she knew why Yale would say no. It

you're really into him, you've got to go for

pain stabbed through her lower belly, silencing her. A wave of cold sweat washed over

without warning, she swayed and crashed

she saw Evangeline on the ground, clutching her stomach for

baby inside her sent Roslyn into a

"Evie, what's happening?"

"My... stomach..."

sucked in a breath through gritted teeth, barely squeezing out

of a sudden, it was

from the pain. Suddenly, a burning

voice pierced the